What causes soil erosion

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Removal of soil by wind and flowing water is the casue of erosion. Small particles of dirt can be moved by fluids moving over soil and rocks. Large variations in temperature and the freezing of ice can cause rocks to crack; this frees up more small particles to be eroded away.

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